Don’t feed the Birds Part 10

Oops!

Oops that wasn’t supposed to happen!

The ever vulnerable sump pan was toast! Just as well it needed an oil change too.

Another MOT

So a year had swung round again, and it was time for the MOT.

Reason(s) for Failure:

• nearside Side repeater missing (1.4.A.2b)
• offside Side repeater missing (1.4.A.2b)
• nearside front Brake pipe inadequately clipped hose (3.6.B.1)
• nearside front Brake pipe inadequately clipped hose & pipes (3.6.B.1)
• offside rear Brake pipe inadequately clipped hose & pipes (3.6.B.1)
• rear Brake load sensing valve seized (3.6.E.3)
• offside Ball joint has excessive play rack end (2.2.B.1f)

Well, That was fun.

So the Brake pipes are just in need of a zip tie or two to keep them in place so that wasn’t too bad.

Also had to free up the load sensing valve. (bit of GT85 and a good wiggle sorted that out)

The two big ones for me were the side indicators and the track rod end.

Well this special tool Martin and I created helped out with that:

As for the side indicators, some LED units, some magnets and some wire produced these:

They ended up under the bumper for daily use, and I liked them so much they just stay there all year!

Come retest time it sailed through with no other issues, so that was nice.

Next time… More suspension work!